Essay writing 101 EPC MAFIQ workshop

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Essay writing 101Raadia Khan the basics!Writing an Introduction The Hook!setting the sceneintroduction body

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bibliography(The structure of an essay)Hook, scene-setting, general statements, and thesisTopic sentences, paragraphs, consistency, in-text citationsRestating and summarizing your thesis, finishing with a boomMLA style citations, plagiarism (and not doing it)thesisthis is so important it gets a separate slidea quotea bold statement a statistic a question an analogysome storytellingelaborate on the topic, your intention for the essay.A Thesis?1. Answers the prompt provided

Word choiceproof and sourceswritten | oral | mediaweb[Auto]biographies, books, first-person/eyewitness accounts, interviews, testimonials, video and photo evidenceArticles, online databases, scientific research experiments, statistics, surveys, YouTube videos, Tweetstopic sentencesin-text citations Different for every media type, try to make sure it flows with the text ParagraphsMaintain a balanceTiny, baby thesis at the beginning of each start of a new subtopic THE DREADED MLA FORMAT Purdue Owl is a great resource for MLA format, thesis formation, and other literature-related terminology and basics.MLA format:12pt font Times New Roman Double-spacedSpecial headersTitle, no underline or italicsPage numbers Works cited Conclusionbrief and to the pointNot the place to introduce no pointsRestate your thesis with more explanation and finality, incorporate basic ideas that were explained back into your original thesis Don't make it too longIf it's not the kind of conclusion that if it were in speech form, you would feel satisfied enough to drop the mic and walk straight off-stage, it's not strong enough!bibliographyin-text citationsseparate page for credits and sourcingActual quotation of text being used as evidence, small reference number and/or mention of author to full citation Google it! PurdueOwl, EasyBib, Google Scholar Ability to write references with ease requires practiceGary Provost:

"This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage [them] with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important."in the endpractice, prepare, researchtry your very bestmake learning your prioritymake a lot of duayou'll do great!